Photo: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people born near Ebchester
Nearby, Consett, 3 mi away, lists 77, led by Rowan Atkinson. No famous person’s birth in Ebchester is on record yet. In all of County Durham, the famous people on record come from 73 towns. Durham’s 225 names make the longest list in County Durham.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Ebchester’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Ebchester yet.
Famous people born near Ebchester
Close by, the fullest list is Consett’s, at 77 names.
Consett · 3 miRowan Atkinson & 76 moreRCChopwell · 2 miRonnie Cairns & 12 more
Annfield Plain · 5 miAlun Armstrong & 10 more
High Spen · 4 miStuart Bell & 8 more
Rowlands Gill · 4 miChris Ryan & 8 more
Burnopfield · 4 miEddie Chapman & 6 moreBCLeadgate · 3 miBenny Craig & 5 moreJCDipton · 3 miJohn Craggs & 4 moreQuestions about famous people from Ebchester
Who counts as from Ebchester?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ebchester’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Rowan Atkinson: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alun Armstrong: Garry Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Bell: Steve Punter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Ryan: James English, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Chapman: Unknown British photographer., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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